Seth Rogen revealed what shocked him probably the most about filming The Studio episode that was set on the Golden Globes. Within the episode, Rogen’s character, film studio head Matt Remick, begs Zoe Kravitz to say him in her acceptance speech.

Rogen was granted permission to movie the eighth episode of the Apple TV+ comedy contained in the Beverly Hilton ballroom, the place the annual awards ceremony takes place, however that wasn’t his largest shock.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Rogen mentioned he was shocked that he didn’t must get any clearances or approvals from the Golden Globes group to do an episode that poked enjoyable on the behind-the-scenes of the awards present.

“To at the present time, I’m confounded and amazed by what we’d like authorized clearances on and what we don’t,” Rogen mentioned. “They’ll come again at you with the weirdest stuff of what you want clearance [for], however like, Kool-Support? We didn’t get authorized clearance on that and the Golden Globes.”

Rogen clarified that he couldn’t use Golden Globes signage in advertising and marketing and advertisements for the present. “However for the precise episode, they had been snug with it. Which was surprising to me, actually,” he mentioned.

With out understanding that backstory, followers had been extra stunned by a cameo by Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix. By some means, Rogen had no hassle asking the pinnacle of a rival streaming platform to make his performing debut on his Apple TV present—in a scene at a urinal, no much less.

Rogen mentioned he despatched Sarandos the entire episode, so he’d know what he was in for. “And he emailed again inside like half an hour and was like, “Sure, that is fantastic,” he confirmed to Selection.

Rogen beforehand told Business Insider that Apple initially requested him to forged their CEO as a substitute of Sarandos. “They requested if we might use Tim Cook dinner as a substitute, and we mentioned no,” Rogen informed the outlet at a purple carpet premiere for The Studio in March.

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